This suite could be well be subtitled "Children's Games", as each of the 5 short movements is a thumb nail sketch of the composer's own young family at play.

An opening March (Rachel) which stumbles out of step at times, is followed by Jig (Kate), a lively twirling dance with inevitable falls and bumps. The third movement Intermezzo (Sarah), is a more restful game for two, in which the two voices, though usually in different keys, complement each other with only one moment of real discord. After Berceuse (Janet), the regular bedtime story ritual, the suite ends with Finale (Peter), an extravert clown-like dance.

Aberdeen, 1962.

BBC Broadcasts, 1974, 1975.

William Wright, BBC Radio3 1990.

Susan Nickalls (Harpsichord), Edinburgh, 1990.

Jonathan Harris, Private Concert, 1995.

Graeme McNaught, Queen's Hall & Greyfriar's Kirk*, 1995.

William Wright, BBC Radio Scotland, 1996.

Graeme McNaught, Glasgow, 2004.